Yesterday as I was strolling around the bush in the vicinity of my campsite in this forest in central Victoria I happen upon a feather which appears to have been recently discarded by a sulphur crested ****atoo; we've all seen feathers I have no doubt but yesterday as I picked this one off the ground I realised, for the first time in my life, what a magnificent thing it is!
I doubt the resolution of this phone photograph will be sufficient but the next time you find a feather *really* look at it, the detail, the perfection, the symmetry, the colour, the delicacy, the strength - how could I have missed such beauty for so many years? :)
Most colours in feathers is simply refractive index of the surface. Same with butterflies.
Possum3 said
05:18 PM Dec 11, 2022
When earnestly studied there are very few things in this great World that do not inspire the beholder to the glorious wonderment of nature and its creatures.
Whenarewethere said
06:35 PM Dec 11, 2022
This is unfortunately from a dead King Fisher which we found, the colours looked like they glowed in the light. The photo doesn't do a fraction of the justice of the feathers in real life.
Yesterday as I was strolling around the bush in the vicinity of my campsite in this forest in central Victoria I happen upon a feather which appears to have been recently discarded by a sulphur crested ****atoo; we've all seen feathers I have no doubt but yesterday as I picked this one off the ground I realised, for the first time in my life, what a magnificent thing it is!
I doubt the resolution of this phone photograph will be sufficient but the next time you find a feather *really* look at it, the detail, the perfection, the symmetry, the colour, the delicacy, the strength - how could I have missed such beauty for so many years? :)
Evolution ???
Mike Harding said
07:22 PM Dec 11, 2022
Plain Truth wrote:
Evolution ???
I rather think so PT, but I do understand your perspective.
Go well my friend :)
Ivan 01 said
10:52 AM Dec 12, 2022
Mike,
If taking picks of feathers is your thing you might want to get a better camera. Something like our forum photo gurus use.
A feather photo one day might be a *double breasted long legged beach bird* in time to come.
Maybe a Murray River Nymph could be captured if you could borrow Cuppas jungle greens to sneak up, so to speak.
Yesterday as I was strolling around the bush in the vicinity of my campsite in this forest in central Victoria I happen upon a feather which appears to have been recently discarded by a sulphur crested ****atoo; we've all seen feathers I have no doubt but yesterday as I picked this one off the ground I realised, for the first time in my life, what a magnificent thing it is!
I doubt the resolution of this phone photograph will be sufficient but the next time you find a feather *really* look at it, the detail, the perfection, the symmetry, the colour, the delicacy, the strength - how could I have missed such beauty for so many years? :)
Most colours in feathers is simply refractive index of the surface. Same with butterflies.
This is unfortunately from a dead King Fisher which we found, the colours looked like they glowed in the light. The photo doesn't do a fraction of the justice of the feathers in real life.
Evolution ???
I rather think so PT, but I do understand your perspective.
Go well my friend :)
Mike,
If taking picks of feathers is your thing you might want to get a better camera.
Something like our forum photo gurus use.
A feather photo one day might be a *double breasted long legged beach bird* in time to come.
Maybe a Murray River Nymph could be captured if you could borrow Cuppas jungle greens to sneak up, so to speak.
It can be funny where our hobbies will take us.